FXUS64 KFWD 181139 AFDFWD AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 639 AM CDT THU MAR 18 2010 .AVIATION... NO AVIATION WEATHER CONCERNS WITH VFR CONDITIONS AND ONLY FEW TO SCATTERED HIGH CLOUDS. A LIGHT NORTH WIND EARLY WILL TURN TO THE SOUTH THIS AFTERNOON BUT REMAIN LESS THAN 10 KNOTS. WIND SPEEDS WILL INCREASE ABOVE 12 KNOTS BY MID MORNING FRIDAY 79 && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 400 AM CDT THU MAR 18 2010/ MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES WILL DOMINATE THROUGH FRIDAY...WHEN TEMPS WILL RETURN TO THE 70S. MOISTURE RETURN MAY ALLOW DEW POINTS TO REACH THE 50S BEFORE A STRONG COLD FRONT ARRIVES FRIDAY NIGHT. LLJ COULD EXCEED 40KTS DURING THE PREDAWN HOURS OF SATURDAY MORNING. ALTHOUGH STRONGEST MID-LEVEL FORCING WILL TRAIL BEHIND LOW-LEVEL FRONTAL FORCING...APPEARS INSTABILITY MAY BE SUFFICIENT FOR A FEW STRONG STORMS WITHIN SQUALL LINE. SOME THUNDER WILL OCCUR BEHIND SFC FRONT DURING A BLUSTERY SATURDAY. WIND GUSTS WILL REACH 40MPH. THE VERNAL EQUINOX MAY BE 1232 PM CDT ON SATURDAY...BUT IT WILL FEEL MORE LIKE LATE WINTER THAN EARLY SPRING. WINDS WILL RAPIDLY SUBSIDE SATURDAY NIGHT...AND FREEZING TEMPS WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY MORNING NORTH AND WEST. SFC RIDGE WILL BE SLOW TO TRANSIT THE AREA...AND CONDITIONS MAY BE FAVORABLE FOR FREEZING TEMPS IN NE ZONES MONDAY MORNING. FOR MANY OF THE POTENTIALLY IMPACTED AREAS...THIS FREEZE IS NEAR THE AVERAGE DATE FOR THE LAST FREEZE OF THE SEASON. BUT CONSIDERING THE RECENT WARMTH...AND THE ALREADY BURGEONING GROWING SEASON...THIS COULD BE A CONCERN FOR CERTAIN PLANTS. AFTER THE CHILLY WEEKEND...VERY PLEASANT AFTERNOONS ARE EXPECTED EARLY NEXT WEEK. THE NEXT SYSTEM WILL ARRIVE MID-WEEK. 25 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 67 46 72 43 49 / 0 0 5 60 40 WACO, TX 67 45 72 46 52 / 0 0 5 50 40 PARIS, TX 62 42 69 43 49 / 0 0 5 60 70 DENTON, TX 66 45 71 42 49 / 0 0 5 60 30 MCKINNEY, TX 65 43 70 42 49 / 0 0 5 60 40 DALLAS, TX 67 46 71 42 50 / 0 0 5 60 40 TERRELL, TX 66 44 70 45 50 / 0 0 5 60 50 CORSICANA, TX 67 45 71 45 52 / 0 0 5 50 50 TEMPLE, TX 68 43 72 47 53 / 0 0 5 40 40 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && $$ 79/25